‘Tribals turn extremists because states are too busy making money from land’
The world’s largest democracy is facing a surge in tribal uprisings. The recent killings of Mahendra Karma and other Congress leaders in …
Tribal families that fled Baster during Salwa Judum years return
24 families return to their roots after spending 13 years in Andhra as agricultural labourers
An old man and his baton: Meet Damodar Kashyap
Kashyap has ensured food, and livelihood in Bastar villages by offering them thriving forests
Chhattisgarh mining protests continue on Day 5
Since June 7, tribals in Bastar’s Bailadila have been protesting the NMDC’s allotment of mines on the Nandraj hill to the Adani Group
IN PICTURES: The vibrant, colourful world of Bastar’s haat bazaars
Colourful bamboo baskets, laughter of women sipping away at mahua, sweets to devour — haat bazaars of Bastar, Chhattisgarh, are a different …
Polycrisis at a Kanker village: ‘With every tree chopped, I became poorer’
Villages in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region enter economic recession as a new railway line brings the world closer to them
Fall Armyworm attack: Maize farmers in Bastar become clueless victims
A good crop the last time is motivating farmers to up the stakes, but they are unaware of the looming danger
The story of a principled chief conservator of forests in Bastar, Chhattisgarh
While the forest department has been busy working forests for timber, a single man in Bastar holds hope for the many villages that have lost …
‘Independent India worse for tribals’
Widely respected in the civil society, B D Sharma spent his life fighting for the rights of tribals for about four decades. Excerpts from a …
Bastar beyond Maoists: tale of a rich region and its poor people
The obsession with insurgents is so deep that no one is paying attention to health and education in this ancient and beautiful land
Caught in crossfire
Chhattisgarh government withdraws support to people who took shelter in Salwa Judum camps
Growing fences
Burgeoning population and agricultural encroachment in the last half century have erected artificial walls within the Gond tribes. These ethnic …
Shah Commission wound up before it could probe illegal mining in Chhattisgarh
As environmental groups appeal against termination of commission, Supreme Court asks government to respond by November 18
Super Market
Secretive. Exploitative. Is the market in Minor Forest Produce unmanageable? sopan joshi finds out
Capturing the monsoons
It's a season that inspires and engages everyone, from the farmer to the policy maker. From the scientist to the travel writer. From the …
How should tribal owners profit from forest wealth?
The gross tribal produce of Bastar is in excess of Rs 1,000 crore a year. Tribals, 'owners' of the minor forest produce -- in terms of the …
The purification hunt
The Salwa Judum, a counterinsurgency drive in Chhattisgarh leaves tribals stupefied
Catching them young
ILLEGAL LOGGING
Forest vigil
Did tribal voters seal BJP’s fate in Chhattisgarh
Eviction, blocking access to forest rights could have been major bugbears
Miseducation in Bastar
An ethnobotanist flags the problem with education in tribal areas
Arresting tactics
A social activist who investigated the Bastar forest scam lands up in police custody
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